Vehicle-curtain.



F. E. LIGER.

VEHICLE CURTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 14. 1914.

1,159,321. Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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V rimivcrs E. LIGER, or LAINGSBURG, MICHIGAN, nssienon T0 EUGENEL.LIGER, or

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VEHICLE-CURTAIN.

To all whom it may concern;

v Be it known that I, Funnels E. LIGER, a citizen of the United States,and residing at Laingsburg, in the county of Shiawassee and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement inVehicle-Curtains, of which the following specification is a fulldisclosure.

My invention relates to side curtain supporters for buggies or othervehicle tops o-r coverings and has for an object a means non-expansiblefor reinforcing a margin of the curtain, primarily that from which it issuspended, to avoid sagging or flaring when in'use, whereby the materialis relieved of wearing strains, and of assistance in withdrawing thecurtain from its support. It is also foldable with the curtain.

A further object of the invention is to secure a metallic binding,comprising rectangular links hingedly united to form a chain structure,within a margin lap fold of the curtain, providing a reinforced hem,with fastening eyelets through the hem and within respective links. I

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be more readilyapparent from the annexed drawings illustrating a preferred embodimentand from the following description thereof, and in such drawings, likecharacters of reference denote corre-v sponding parts throughout theseveral views of which show the chain or link binding. Fig. 2 is anenlarged detail plan view' of two links hingedly united of which thechain binding is comprised.

The supporter consists of a plurality of links l'successively connectedby a strap 2 bent tubularly around opposite cross-bars of the links adjacently disposed to hingedly successively connect a plurality of linksinto a chain length. The links preferably are rectangularly bent strandsof wire to provide a comparatively thin and wide chain binding so thatwhen it is secured within the hem or to the margin of the curtain itwill not have a bulky appearance, or be excessive in weight.

The design, it is obvious, may be vari ously modified within thecontemplation of the invention, which from a generic aspectSpecification ofLetters Patent.

.may be defined as a metallic successively connected and foldable linkbinding, and certain llnks thereof eachpreferably of a Patented Nov.2,1915- Applicationfilednugust14,1914.. Serial No. 856,743. 1

contour to surround or interveningly re-" ceive a curtain fasteningeyelet secured to the material at the binding margin or the linksthemselves may serve as fastening 'eyelets.

The curtain 3 herein illustrated represents the side curtain of a buggyof the customary outline with the binding within a hem marginsrepresenting the upper edge of the curtain when in use. The hem margin 4consists of the ordinary lap fold with the link binding 5 longitudinallysecured with ing the curtain in the well-known manner to buttonsprojected from the buggy top frame. Such location of fastening eyeletsw1ll preclude any pulling or tearing of the eyelets out of the curtain,and the link binding offers a freer release of the eyelets from thebuttons in withdrawing the curtain under the general abusive practice ofpulling from one end of the curtain outward. The

the position shown the binding offers and.

serves a two-fold purpose. WVith the link or chain binding embeddedwithin the hem margin of the curtain it is concealed and does notdetract in any degree from the ornamental or finished appearance of thecurtain. It being non-flexible or non-expansible rigidly supports thecurtain in position against sagging or flaring and presents no detrimentin compactly folding the curtain when not in use. The binding reinforcesthe margin to prevent violent vibration of the curtain andthuseliminates the noise incident thereto. As a curtain supporter, thebinding is only supplied to the upper margin but its use may be extendedto the side or base margin and its adaptation for marginally binding orwebbing a covering for'various other and analogous uses is evident. 7

Having described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States l. The combination of a vehiclecurtain having a hem margin from which the cur tain is suspended, abinding inclosed Within said margin comprising a plurality of hingedlyconnected links, and fastening eyelets secured through the curtainmargin and each interveningly bounded by a respective link.

7 2. In an article of the class described, a pliable cover member, abinding therefor comprising a plurality of non-pliable ring elementshingedly connected, secured to a Vmargin of said cover and foldabletherewith.

8. In an article of the class described, a pliable cover member, amargin binding therefor, comprising -a plurality of nonpliable ringelements hingedly connected and secured to a margin of said cover mem-'ber and foldable therewith, and fastening elements secured to said covermember each Within a respective ring element.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name, as attested by the twosubscribing Witnesses.

11S FRANCIS E. X LIGER.

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Witnesses:

BIRDIE DUZENBURY, R. WV. BAILEY.

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